Vast Solar Jemalong Solar PV Park is a 60MW solar PV power project. It is located in New South Wales, Australia. The project is currently active. It has been developed in single phase. The project construction commenced in 2020 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in 2021.
Project Type | Total Capacity (MW) | Active Capacity (MW) | Pipeline Capacity (MW) | Project Status | Project Location | Project Developer | Solar PV | 60 | 60 | – | Active | New South Wales, Australia | Genex Power; Vast Solar |
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Description
The project was developed by Genex Power and Vast Solar. The project is currently owned by Genex Power with a stake of 100%.
Vast Solar Jemalong Solar PV Park is a ground-mounted solar project which is spread over an area of 165 hectares.
The project generates 128,700MWh electricity and supplies enough clean energy to power 23,000 households, offsetting 106,500t of carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) a year. The project cost is $22.078m.
Development Status
The project construction commenced in 2020 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in 2021.
Contractors Involved
Beon Energy Solutions and UGL were selected to render EPC services for the solar PV power project.
JinkoSolar Holding was selected as the supplier of the PV modules for the project. The company installed 152,000 modules at the site.
The inverters were procured from SMA Solar Technology for the project.
The project is utilising single axis trackers supplied by NEXTracker.
Beon Energy Solutions is the O&M contractor for the solar PV power project.
About Genex Power
Genex Power Ltd (Genex) is a developer of renewable energy projects. The company specializes in the production and storage of renewable energy. It generates power through solar and hydro projects. Genex’s projects includes stage 1 Kidston Solar project (KS1), stage 2 project (K2), and pumped storage hydroelectric project (K2H). The company’s other projects include Jemalong solar project, Bouldercombe battery project. Genex is headquartered in Sydney, North South Wales, Australia.
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